PROTECT 2025
DOING BUSINESS AMIDST NEW THREATS
International Conference on Security & Safety
Rethinking Global Security: Geopolitical, Operational and Digital Challenges
March 14, 2025 | New World Makati Hotel, Philippines
ABOUT PROTECT
PROTECT is the only government - private sector partnership for security in the Philippines. It is attended by senior government officials, business leaders, security experts and various stakeholders of the security sector. Launched in 2005 in partnership with the Anti-Terrorism Council, this event was in response to the increasing threats of terrorism that followed the 9-10 terrorist bombing of the New York World Trade Center. Recognizing that most critical infrastructures which are the hard targets of terrorists are owned and operated by the private sector, this government - private sector partnership was forged.
PROTECT initially focused on the protection of critical infrastructures from terrorist attacks. Over the years, the annual series anticipated the new emerging threats - from terrorism, to the global economic crisis, to natural disasters, to pandemics, to cyber attacks, to disruptive technologies, to data breaches, to cyber crimes.
The PROTECT annual conference provides an avenue for dialogue and network thinking among concerned government security officials, business leaders, and those responsible for the security and safety of business, the community and the citizenry. .
Past PROTECT Speakers
Ms. Maria Ressa
Nobel Peace Prize 2021 Winner,
CEO, Rappler Inc., Former Bureau Chief, CNN Jakarta
Mr. Steve Cutler
Chief Risk and Compliance Officer for OMNIPAY Director, Guide Meridian
Former Head of Federal Bureau of Investigation in the Philippines
Dr. Rohan Gunaratna
Head, International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research, Nanyang Technological University Singapore
Dr. Sanjay K. Srivastava
Regional Adviser on Disaster Risk Reduction United Nations Economic and Social Commission
Mr. Rommel Banlaoi
Chairman & Executive Director/ Head Philippine Institute for Peace, Violence and Terrorism Research/ Center for Intelligence and National Security Studies
Gen. Benjamin P. Defensor
Chairman, APEC Counter-Terrorism Task Force
Hon. Voltaire Gazmin
Secretary, Department of National Defense
Arch. Felino Palafox, Jr.
Principal Architect-Urban Planner, Founder and Managing Partner Palafox Associates
SPONSORS
BRONZE
SILVER
PATRON
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS
MEDIA PARTNERS
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